300 Seconds of fame

2nd Tuesdays of each month at PS:One, you! yes YOU! get to hear your fellow members, geeks, and other associated community-minded people present to whoever wants to show up, but only for 300 seconds apiece.

You've got five minutes. Use it wisely.

What is it?

300 Seconds of Fame (300SoF) is a combination/alteration of PS:One's separate lightning talks and Pecha Kucha night, taking in elements from Noisebridge's Five Minutes of Fame, which in turn is an adaptation of CCC's Lightning Talks. The idea is that we hold about an hour's worth of 5 minute open mic slots. You can run shorter, but not longer, than five minutes.

Within those parameters, what is it? Glad you asked.

It can be a presentation, a musical number, a demonstration, a debate, a run-through of a proof of concept, performance art, live circuit bending, etc, etc, ad nauseum. Will it fit into five minutes, be feasible for the space, and be appreciated by an audience? Go for it.

When and Where does it happen?

Second Tuesday of every month after the 8pm meeting at PS:One. (doors open at 6)

This means the next event will be on July 13, 2010.

Why are we doing this?

• Easy way to find out what's going on at PS:One -- no need to sit through long lectures.
• Some people are working on projects that are not ready for a full 30 minute or hour long talk, but they want to get their ideas out. Maybe they need help, maybe they want to propose an idea to the PS:One community.
• Some people are shy to public speaking and want to practice without giving an "official" conference talk, which can be daunting. This is a great way to try it out, in a community of peers.
• These days, many of us are becoming entrepreneurs to one extent or another. If you're trying to sell your idea to someone, you need to be able to explain it in five minutes or less.
• "The Law of Fives"

How can I participate?

Easy - sign up to give a talk! Contact Anne (@onthelevel on twitter's the easiest way).

Include your name (or handle) and talk title.

If you're doing slides, right now we'll have to ask you to bring your own equipment. The space doesn't have its own projector at this point.

Right now, we're running this off-the-cuff, as lightning talks were when Anne ran them after meetings. Once we have a community and/or find ourselves pushing the hour limit, we'll be restricting sign-ups and/or scheduling people for later months.

How can I attend?

Just show up!

If for any reason you're unable to attend, you can usually watch it live on our UStream Channel.

Current 300SoF

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Past 300SoF

June 8, 2010

1. Stuff I keep in my pockets by Patrick
2. Shadelab by Alex Gilliam
3. More tales from the balloon factory by Jim
4. MakerBot by Patrick
5. Breakfast Cleanup Club results by Anne
6. chain maille by Jakub
7. Geek Pranks by Patrick
8. NeighborCon by Travis

May 11, 2010

1. Firespinning by Sc00bz
2. Taking inventory of PS1's stuff and how you can help by Tim
3. The Space Shuttle and the Horse's Rear End by Jeff
4. MakerBot by Patrick
5. Audio Arduino by Joe Fallon

April 13, 2010

1. tobtu.com by Sc00bz
2. Welcome Tomerica by Tomer
3. Tech Workers of the World Unite! by Steve Goodpaster
4. Chip Decapping by Travis Goodspeed
5. Creative Re-Use by Carl Boyd
6. The Jew's Harp by Jimmy P. Rogers
7. Malicious GPU Kernel by Travis Goodspeed

March 9, 2010

1. First Robotics by Ryan Lanham
2. A Hackerspace's Guide to... oh, you stopped reading, didn't you by Sacha De'Angeli
3. 10 Awesome Things You Probably Didn't Know About Neuroanatomy by Frag
4. Digeridoo by Geoffrey
5. Arduino Radio by Joseph Fallon
6. Please Pirate by Pete
7. Fiddling Around by Sarah S.
8. Things That Happen to Me at the Balloon Factory by Jim
9. Democratizing Video Surveillance by Ella
10. Fun Raising by Eric Hanley

February 9, 2010

1. Peoplehacking II: A Numerically and Biologically Intensive Solution to Losing Weight or: The Engineers' Guide to Weight Loss or: Four Formulae For The Reduction Of Operational Mass by Sacha De'Angeli
2. Maker Fair: Get Excited! by Ryan Lanham
3. Photography Rights: an educational rant on where it's legal to take pictures by Anne Petersen
4. RepRap report: progress! by camo
5. Brawndo: The Messy Hackerspace MUTILATOR by Tim Saylor

Creative Commons licensing and attribution

Content is available under Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, cribbed generously from the wiki about Noisebridge's similar event.